Combined cigarette case and match book holder



June 8, 1954 c. w. LEWIS I COMBINED CIGARETTE CASE AND MATCH BOOK HOLDER Filed Jan. 27, 1953 INVENTOR. (1 494 WLEW/s *BY PZ-MfiW wflm/zIa/aa ATToQA/Syd Patented June 8, 1954 UNITED STATES mm oFFIcE COIMBINED CIGARET BOOK Application January 27,

TE CASE AND MATCH HOLDER Carl W. Lewis, Topeka, Kans.

1953, Serial No. 333,513

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-48) The small size of the match book, will of course, add to the diffiing to prevent accidental separation of the match book from said body portion.

Another object of importance a device of the wherein the match is to provide, in a construction held by the case Yet another object is to stated in which the match book can be inserted in place, or removed when exhausted of matches, with maximum speed and ease.

Still another object is to provide a device as described which will its manufacture at molded plastic or similar material, metal, or any other material found suitable. The invention need not, of course, necessarily be of molded construction.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claim appended thereto, and from the annexed drawing, in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective provide an article as 2 cigarette case and match book holder formed in accordance with the present invention, the artiported match book;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view bination article per se;

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

an enlarged transverse sectional view on line 4- i of Figure 3.

of the com- This completes the apparent, said recepso dimensioned as to permit a pack- The length of the receptacle will, of course, be determined during the manufacture thereof according to whether regular or so called king be held thereby.

A cover is frictionally and removably engaged with the open upper end of the receptacle, and includes a flat lid 29 extending transversely of end. The lid 20 is dimensioned correspondingly to the bottom wall i2, and is integral, at its periphery, with a depending skirt 22 which will overlap the several upstanding Walls of the receptacle.

At the several corners of the open upper end of the receptacle, molded internal lugs 24, formed on the underside of the lid 20 are provided to limit movement of the cover toward its closed position.

At the juncture between the wardly from the outer edge of said thickened part, and integral with said part, is a relatively thin tongue 28. The tongue 28 can have rounded corners at its upper'or free end as shown in Figure 2. Alternatively, the free end Tongue 28, as will be noted from Figure 3, is

view of a combined 55 extended upwardly in front of and in parallel relation to the front wall l6. Preferably, the space between the tongue 28 and front wall should be very small, and in a commercial embodiment of the invention would probably be little greater than the thickness of the back wall of a match book. The back wall of a match book would thus be frictionally engaged by and between said tongue 28 and front wall It.

A lip 38 is also molded integrally with or otherwise fixedly secured to the front wall [6, said lip extending upwardly along one side edge of the front wall, in spaced relation to the adjacent side edge of tongue 28 (see Figure 2). Lip 31) is of transversely curved formation (Figures 1 and 4) and curves outwardly from the front wall and toward the tongue 28. The free edge of the lip 30 is, however, spaced a greater distance from the front wall it than is the tongue 28, it being understood that the folded base of the match book would be insertible in said space between the lip and front wall.

Further, it will be noted that the lip 30 is formed open at its opposite ends.

The lower edge of the skirt 22 of the cover is beaded as at 32, and when the cover is in closed position, will be engaged by theu-pper end or the lip as. If it is not desired that the cover be directly engaged by the lip, said beaded edge 32 can be spaced a short distance above the lip.

designated generally by the reference numeral 34 and is of conventional construction. Thus, the match book has a folded base end 36, the front surface of which will be provided with the usual abrasive to provid a striking surface. The match book is also formed with a back wall 38 engaged, as liereinbefore discussed between the tongue 28 and front wall it. The back wall 33 merges into a front wall 58, the free end oi which is engaged in the folded base end of the match book.

In use of the article, it will be understood that a conventional pack of cigarettes would be inserted in the case. Thereafter, with the cover removed, a match book is engaged by the tongue 28 and lip 39 in the manner shown in Figure Movement of the match book downwardly, toward the lower end of the case, is limited by the thickened part 2%, which forms a seat for the bottom side edge of the match book.

When the cover is applied to the body portion of the case, the beaded lower edge 32 thereof will engage or be spaced closely above -"he upper side edge of the match book, so as to hold the match book against accidental movement upwardly from its case-attached position.

The lip 38 is so dimensioned as to width as to engage only that part of the folded base end of the match book that is not covered with abrasive. This will leave the coated part of said base end exposed in the manner shown in Figure 1, so as to permit a match to be struck without disturbing the position of the match book upon the cigarette case It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for any purpose to which it may be adapted. Nor is the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated and described, since such construction is only intended to be illustrative of the principles of operation and the means presently devised to carry out said principles, it being considered that the invention comprehends any minor change in construction that may be permitted within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a combined cigarette package case and match book holder, a receptacle having an open top, a bottom wall, front and back walls, and endwalls, a tongue having a lower end secured to said front wall at a point near the juncture of the front wall and said bottom wall, said tongue having a free upper end spaced below the open upper end of the receptacle, said tongue being spaced outwardly from said front wall, and a vertically elongated lip secured to the front wall at a point near and extending along the juncture of said front wall and one or" said sidewalls, said lip being spaced outwardly from said front wall and being directed toward said tongue, said lip terminating in a free edge spaced from the opposite endwall of the receptacle, said receptacle having a removable cover on its open upper end, said cover having a lower edge positioned above the free upper end of said tongue in the space between said tongue and said front wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 116,930 Grant Oct. 3, 1939 1,913,142 Ondricek June 6, 1933 

